Feb. 6, 2026
Chhabria skeptical of bid to add new copyright claim in Meta AI case
Judge Vince Chhabria questioned authors' late effort to add a contributory copyright claim against Meta, saying the theory appeared available earlier and may reflect a strategic do-over.
U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria pushed back on plaintiffs' motion to file a new complaint after he granted partial summary judgment to defendants Meta last year over allegations the company improperly used copyrighted works to train its AI model.
Plaintiffs, represented by Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, moved in December to file a fourth amended complaint, which would add a claim for contributory copyright infringement. They argued Meta contributed to infringement because it o...
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